Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali today denied that the state government had created unemployment by not doing enough to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), so the unemployed would then blame the federal government.

Azmin criticised Selangor Umno liaison chief Noh Omar for his ignorance in making the accusation.

"People are happy in the state except Noh Omar. He is not happy," Gombak MP said when met at Parliament.

"He must be ignorant about the economic performance in Selangor.

"You look at the total investment, the approved projects and the (total) reserves that we have. There is no way we can secure the reserve if the state government was not able to run the state," Azmin ( photo ) said.

In an interview last week, Noh slammed the state government for not doing enough to attract FDI .

Citing the latest FDI statistics released by Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) in November 2015 which saw Selangor (RM5.9 billion from January to September) falling behind Malacca (RM6.8 billion), he said the state government should be ashamed of this.

"Selangor is a developed state, but how developed it is? Selangor is now number four in terms of FDI, behind Johor, Sarawak and even Malacca.

"Malacca is just a small state. Where is Selangor's dignity? Maybe they want many to go unemployed. When this happens, the federal government will be blamed," former Umno minister had said.